About wget in FreeBSD 5.0-p7

2003-07-26 Thread Jun
Hello there. Greetings!!! I would like to ask if how can i fix the error in my wget whenever i run the wget as to download any tar file, like: gowee# pkg_add wget-1.8.2_3.tgz gowee# wget http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/pub/mrtg-2.9.29.tar.gz --15:05:06-- http://people.ee.eth

installing packages

2003-07-26 Thread Ian Todd
Hi How do u install .tbz packages from terminal. I am trying to install samba off the freebsd cd samba-2.2.7a.tbz with out any luck. Regards Ian ___ LOOK GOOD, FEEL GOOD - WWW.HEALTHIEST.CO.ZA Cool Connection, Cool Price, Intern

Re: installing packages

2003-07-26 Thread Bob Hall
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 09:06:58AM +0200, Ian Todd wrote: > Hi > > How do u install .tbz packages from terminal. I am trying to install > samba off the freebsd cd samba-2.2.7a.tbz with out any luck. As root, type # /stand/sysinstall Follow the instructions. Bob Hall _

Re: Cannot install any port

2003-07-26 Thread Leonardo Lazarte
Dear Dan, thanks for your message. I cannot reply directly. Your mail provider, allantgroup.com, blocks any mail arriving from Brazil. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send an

MDBTools port doesn't include libmdbodbc for ODBC connections

2003-07-26 Thread Joachim Dagerot
All references on how to connect via a JDBC-ODBC bridge is pointing to the MDB Tools suite in general and the ODBC driver in particular. But when I installed the MDB Tools from the port-system I found, a but surprised, that the ODBC driver isn't there, alla the other tools and drivers are there, a

RE: DVD/CD-RW not recognized (was: Re:)

2003-07-26 Thread Mica Telodico
Hi all again :D I've made some triee , and these are the results: Normal Configuration ATA1 Master: MAXTOR HD 60GB Slave : Liteon 52x 24x 52x ATA2 Master: Quantum Fireball HD 30GB Slave : NEC DV-5800 I get the problems described in the previous messages New Conf ATA1 Master: Maxtor

Re: DVD/CD-RW not recognized (was: Re:)

2003-07-26 Thread Peter Rosa
It's because (as I know from some old articles) if you connect one device with high-speed, and second with lower speed onto the same cable, they will BOTH use the lower speed. And it may be problematic for some new HDD, to be as slow as CD is (using PIO, or UDMA-33) (although they all say about sta

Re: suid files

2003-07-26 Thread Peter Rosa
Dear Chuck and others, of course, it's no problem to find-out which files ALREADY HAS suid-bit set. I'm asking to know: 1. what files MUST have... 2. what files HAVE FROM INSTALL... 3. what files DO NOT NEED... 4. what files NEVER MAY... ...the suid-bit set. Anyway, thank you and have a nice day.

Re: DVD/CD-RW not recognized (was: Re:)

2003-07-26 Thread Mica Telodico
Do you think that? That I've used my HD as UDMA 33 Devices until now :eek: :O ?? Anyway I think that should be better resolve this problem anyway , at least for compatibility reason Bye Marcello --- Peter Rosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > It's because (as I know from some old articles) if

Re: More TTY's

2003-07-26 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
> Add more ttys be adding more statements in /etc/ttys and rebooting. Is rebooting realy needed ? Doesn't 'kill -1 1' work in this case ? Antoine ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubsc

Re: question on cups

2003-07-26 Thread Konrad Heuer
On 25 Jul 2003, Zhang, Peng wrote: > I am running freebsd 4.8 stable, and have cups installed. > > # pkg_info | grep cups > cups-1.1.19.0 The Common UNIX Printing System: Metaport to install > comple > cups-base-1.1.19.0 The Common UNIX Printing System: headers, libs, & > daemons > cups-lp

how to set background in a fluxbox desktop

2003-07-26 Thread marlon corleone
anyone got a tip, on how to setup a background in fluxbox? i have eterm and xv installed. i load the image background and i cant get it right, anyone got a tip on how to config this right? thanks and more power. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-

TV-Out turns off like some kind of power-save feature

2003-07-26 Thread Joachim Dagerot
My NVIDIA Geforce2 card works great with the nVIDIA beta driver. I only use the tv-out feature and everything is fine except the fact that after 10 minutes the screen is blank, no signal from the card. The tv-signal returns when I press 'any-key' on the keyboard (which isn't very convenient when th

opera6.12 and flash

2003-07-26 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
Has somebody flash working with opera-6.12 (fbsd version)? I know flash works with a wrapper for mozilla (at least it does for me) but I can't get it working w/ opera (native freebsd version). If it's not possible I'll stop using opera. I won't install the linux version for it, but use mozilla 10

Re: DVD/CD-RW not recognized (was: Re:)

2003-07-26 Thread Fierman
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 08:46, Peter Rosa wrote: > It's because (as I know from some old articles) if you connect > one device with high-speed, and second with lower speed > onto the same cable, they will BOTH use the lower speed. > And it may be problematic for some new HDD, to be > as slow as CD is

Re: how to set background in a fluxbox desktop

2003-07-26 Thread marlon corleone
i apologize for unrelated question in freebsd-questions. i have no other option but to email here. but thanks thanks very much for the reply. i have a 2nd question Akira# Esetroot -scale dxy.jpg Esetroot: Command not found. Akira# pkg_info |grep -i eterm eterm-bg-0.9Image files for backg

Re: Cannot install any port

2003-07-26 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 02:59:29AM -0300, Leonardo Lazarte wrote: >Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately, I update automatically > my ports, so I don't know where I could find an old version of > bsd.port.mk. I believe that the troublesome 'pkg_info -O' usage was intoduced in bsd.port.mk

Re: Setting up OpenLDAP

2003-07-26 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 02:13:28AM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: > OpenLDAP 2.1.22, FBSD 4.8 > > I'm trying to set up LDAP to store passwords. Eventually I will > want to store addresses and do general authentication, but right > now I just want to do something really simple: add passwords. While you

Re: how to set background in a fluxbox desktop

2003-07-26 Thread ydg
read the documentation at fluxbox.sf.net its all explained there. yussef On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 02:25:09 -0700(PDT) marlon corleone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anyone got a tip, on how to setup a background in > fluxbox? i have eterm and xv installed. i load the > image background and i cant get i

Re: Problem with NVIDIA drivers

2003-07-26 Thread ydg
one thing you'll want to do is comment out the Load dri line in XF86Config. what is /var/log/XFree86.0.log report? you might also want to try making your default depth 16, ive had experiences with 24bpp creating unexpected problems. yussef On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:54:24-0400 Marc LeMaire<[EMAIL PR

Re: question on cups

2003-07-26 Thread Zhang, Peng
You are right. That is the problem. Thank you! Peng On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 05:21, Konrad Heuer wrote: > On 25 Jul 2003, Zhang, Peng wrote: > > > I am running freebsd 4.8 stable, and have cups installed. > > > > # pkg_info | grep cups > > cups-1.1.19.0 The Common UNIX Printing System: Metapo

Re: configure ftpd port range

2003-07-26 Thread John DeStefano
> Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Thanks for your response, Lowell, as always. John DeStefano writes: >> Due to ISP restrictions, I must change the default port on which ftpd >> runs in order to enable ftp access to and from my machine. > That would violate the FTP spec, and isn't su

How to install a tar.gz from console.

2003-07-26 Thread DanB
How do u install tar.gz packages from terminal. Dan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

cdrom eject - by software?

2003-07-26 Thread Lorin Lund
I have a new hand-me-down PC for my FreeBSD box. After I installed from CD (v 4.8) I discovered that the eject button does not work on this cd-rom drive. Is there any program that will cause the CD to eject? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://l

Re: cdrom eject - by software?

2003-07-26 Thread long cao
/ports/systuils/eject Utility for ejecting media from CD or optical disk drive. This is a simple program that eject media from CD or optical disk drive. This program work under FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE or later version. :) On Saturday 26 July 2003 07:31 am, Lorin Lund wrote: > I have a new han

Re: cdrom eject - by software?

2003-07-26 Thread Adam
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 10:31, Lorin Lund wrote: > Is there any program that will cause the CD to eject? Here's how I do it. There's no need for special ports like sysutils/eject. -$ cat ~/bin/ejectcd.sh /usr/local/bin/sudo /sbin/umount -v /cdrom /usr/sbin/cdcontrol -v -f /dev/acd0 Eject -- Adam

Re: Setting up OpenLDAP

2003-07-26 Thread Bob Hall
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 12:08:48PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 02:13:28AM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: > > OpenLDAP 2.1.22, FBSD 4.8 > > > > I'm trying to set up LDAP to store passwords. Eventually I will > > want to store addresses and do general authentication, but right >

Re: cdrom eject - by software?

2003-07-26 Thread Bob Hall
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 08:31:02AM -0600, Lorin Lund wrote: > I have a new hand-me-down PC for my FreeBSD box. After I installed from > CD (v 4.8) > I discovered that the eject button does not work on this cd-rom drive. > > Is there any program that will cause the CD to eject? This may be a dum

linux Apache on FreeBSD?

2003-07-26 Thread Tim Kellers
I'm trying to use the ColdFusion Server on FreeBSD (5.1 -CURRENT) I have the Linux flavor of ColdFusion, and it installs and runs just fine under Linux emulation. The problem I'm having is using the mod_coldfusion.so SO in apache (v 1.3.28). ColdFusion comes with the .c file and a Makefile to c

MRTG Problem

2003-07-26 Thread Jun
Hi, i'm hving problem in installing the MRTG in my box FreeBSD 5.0-p7, the problem is when i run the ./cfgmaker i got an error of like this: gowee# ./cfgmaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't locate MRTG_lib.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/bin/../lib/mrtg2 /usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_

Re: MRTG Problem

2003-07-26 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-26T16:02:46Z, Jun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, i'm hving problem in installing the MRTG in my box FreeBSD 5.0-p7, the > problem is when i run the ./cfgmaker i got an error of like this: Any reason you're not using the port? -- Kirk Strauser pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signatu

VIA KT600 chipset compatible with FreeBSD?

2003-07-26 Thread David Loszewski
I have an Epox 8RDA nForce2 motherboard which doesn't seem to like FreeBSD very much. My USB Wireless keyboard and mouse doesn't work correctly on it and FreeBSD doesn't recognize the onboard LAN. However all of this worked on my Gigabyte 7VAXP which is a KT400 chipset. So I was thinking about bu

hi how to edit the freebsd 5.1 setup

2003-07-26 Thread chris
Hi My name is chris i wanted to know how to edit the freebsd setup i tried and i can't figure it out. And if you guys know how to edit the linux text based setup tell me that "if you know" Thanks bye Chris Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTE

Re: hi how to edit the freebsd 5.1 setup

2003-07-26 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-26T16:38:53Z, "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My name is chris i wanted to know how to edit the freebsd setup i tried > and i can't figure it out. And if you guys know how to edit the linux text > based setup tell me that "if you know" It's not that we don't *want* to help, Chris

Re: hi how to edit the freebsd 5.1 setup

2003-07-26 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Saturday 26 July 2003 12:38 pm, chris wrote: > Hi > > My name is chris i wanted to know how to edit the freebsd setup i > tried and i can't figure it out. And if you guys know how to edit > the linux text based setup tell me that "if you know" Did you read the FreeBSD Handbook at freebsd.org? I

suid bit files and securing FreeBSD

2003-07-26 Thread Peter Rosa
Hello everybody, I'm a newbie in this list, so I don't know if it's the appropriate place for my question. Anyway, I'd be happy to find out the solution. Please, has anyone simple answer for: I'm looking for an exact list of files, which: 1. MUST have... 2. HAVE FROM BSD INSTALLATION... 3. DO NO

Re: suid bit files and securing FreeBSD

2003-07-26 Thread Peter Rosa
Sorry for disturbing you. This was for security mailing list and I sent it here by mistake Cheers, Peter Rosa - Original Message - From: "Peter Rosa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 7:11 PM Subject: suid bit files and securin

Re: suid bit files and securing FreeBSD

2003-07-26 Thread Matthew Graybosch
> Second question is: Has anybody an exact wizard, how to secure > the FreeBSD machine. Imagine the situation, the only person who > can do anything on that machine is me, and nobody other. I have > set very restrictive firewalling, I have removed ALL tty's except > two local tty's (I need to work

Re: suid bit files and securing FreeBSD

2003-07-26 Thread Peter Rosa
Hello Matthew, thank you very much. It's excatly you say. FreeBSD is my option because of "historical reasons". Someone has installed it for me two years ago, and now I love it (he installed it after two hacks and two reinstallations of RedHat Linux [I don't want to say, RHL is not good, but FBSD

Re: Mozilla Thunderbird under Linux compatibility?

2003-07-26 Thread David Gerard
David Gerard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030724 06:05]: > I'm trying to run a current Thunderbird build for Linux under compatibility. > It's quitting with: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ./thunderbird/thunderbird > ./thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: error while loading shared libraries: > libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: ca

imapd for squirrelmail is not found

2003-07-26 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to run squirrelmail and during login it is attempting to run; inetd[20151]: cannot execute /usr/local/libexec/imapd what exactly is missing here? -- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-q

Re: suid bit files and securing FreeBSD

2003-07-26 Thread Daniel Harris
Matthew Graybosch wrote: But if you're concerned with security uber alles, I'm surprised you didn't look into OpenBSD first. According to their site (openbsd.org), they've had "only one remote hole in the default install, in more than 7 years!" Caveat: the default install has almost nothing in i

Re: imapd for squirrelmail is not found

2003-07-26 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-26T17:46:44Z, David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am attempting to run squirrelmail and during login it is > attempting to run; > > inetd[20151]: cannot execute /usr/local/libexec/imapd > > what exactly is missing here? Smart-aleck answer: "Why, imap!" Anyway, how did you i

Re: imapd for squirrelmail is not found

2003-07-26 Thread Daniel Harris
David Banning wrote: I am attempting to run squirrelmail and during login it is attempting to run; inetd[20151]: cannot execute /usr/local/libexec/imapd what exactly is missing here? FreeBSD does not come with an imap daemon. You are trying to run a nonexistent one from inetd, apparently. Ins

Sharing among jails

2003-07-26 Thread User KATRINA
I was wondering if there's a way I can share my main /usr/ports directory with the jails I'm running. I thought this would save me a LOT of space. I tried just the standard "ln -s" to the ports directory when I log into the jails and try to access the ports directory I get the following: > cd po

Re: Sharing among jails

2003-07-26 Thread BSD
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 11:29:06AM -0700, User KATRINA wrote: > I was wondering if there's a way I can share my main /usr/ports directory > with the jails I'm running. I thought this would save me a LOT of space. > I tried just the standard "ln -s" to the ports directory when I log into > the jai

Re: imapd for squirrelmail is not found

2003-07-26 Thread David Banning
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 12:55:18PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-07-26T17:46:44Z, David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am attempting to run squirrelmail and during login it is > > attempting to run; > > > > inetd[20151]: cannot execute /usr/local/libexec/imapd > > > > what ex

Re: imapd for squirrelmail is not found

2003-07-26 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-07-26T20:43:55Z, David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there anyway around this long and complicated syrus imap install? > Maybe a smaller simpler one? As it just so happens, I wrote a HOWTO on installing Cyrus on FreeBSD: http://subwiki.honeypot.net/cgi-bin/view/Freebsd/Sen

Unable to open /dev/io

2003-07-26 Thread Mark
Earlier, I had asked a question on how to write a byte to the parallel port. And Daan Vreeken was kind enough to point me to a litle c-source that uses /dev/io. Unfortunately, as I just found out, when I raise kern.securelevel to 2 (FreeBSD 4.7R), I can no longer open /dev/io for writing. :( That

Re: How to install a tar.gz from console.

2003-07-26 Thread Michael L. Squires
> How do u install tar.gz packages from terminal. cd tar xvfz /.tar.gz or am I missing something? Mike Squires ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROT

Re: How to install a tar.gz from console.

2003-07-26 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Saturday 26 July 2003 05:49 pm, Michael L. Squires wrote: > > How do u install tar.gz packages from terminal. > > cd > tar xvfz /.tar.gz > > or am I missing something? Are you trying to install a software package with a name like foobar.tgz? You have to use the pkg_add tool. If you just want

Changing gnome fonts from KDE

2003-07-26 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Hi, Does anyone know how to change gnome fonts from KDE/command-line? I tried running gnome-control-center, which worked, but only the fonts for the control center and gthumb have changed. Maybe gnome-control-center only changes fonts for gnome2? In that case, how do I change fonts for gnome1? I

Re: Changing gnome fonts from KDE

2003-07-26 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Saturday 26 July 2003 06:57 pm, Jesse Guardiani wrote: > Maybe gnome-control-center only changes fonts > for gnome2? In that case, how do I change fonts > for gnome1? I want GIMP, Grip, and GnuCash fonts > to change too! Install gtk-theme-switch and use that to change fonts for GTK 1.x apps.

New Laptop

2003-07-26 Thread Thanjee Neefam
I am considering buying a new laptop (my current one is a Dell Inspiron PII-233 without a CD Drive (it broke :( )) I just simply want to know if there is a particluar range of laptops that work better with FreeBSD. ie: they use totally standard quality hardware, no panic on installs, also good

Re: Unable to open /dev/io

2003-07-26 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Earlier, I had asked a question on how to write a byte to the parallel port. > And Daan Vreeken was kind enough to point me to a litle c-source that uses > /dev/io. > > Unfortunately, as I just found out, when I raise kern.securelevel to 2 > (FreeBSD 4.7R), I can no longer open /dev/io for wr

Re: Cannot install any port

2003-07-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 02:05:44AM -0300, Leonardo Lazarte wrote: > > Dear Tom, > >Unfortunately you have found a problem which those > in the know prefer to ignore. No-one's ignoring it, it's been discussed multiple times over the past few weeks, with full explanations and workarounds. >

Re: installing packages

2003-07-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 09:06:58AM +0200, Ian Todd wrote: > Hi > > How do u install .tbz packages from terminal. I am trying to install > samba off the freebsd cd samba-2.2.7a.tbz with out any luck. Use the pkg_add command. e.g. cd /cdrom/packages/All pkg_add samba-2.2.7a.tbz Kris pgp0.p

Re: suid bit files and securing FreeBSD

2003-07-26 Thread Chuck Swiger
Peter Rosa wrote: [ ... ] I'm looking for an exact list of files, which: 1. MUST have... 2. HAVE FROM BSD INSTALLATION... 3. DO NOT NEED... 4. NEVER MAY... ...the suid-bit set. Of course, it's no problem to find-out which files ALREADY HAS suid-bit set. But what files REALLY MUST have it ? The file

Re: Unable to open /dev/io

2003-07-26 Thread Mark
- Original Message - From: "Jerry McAllister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 1:20 AM Subject: Re: Unable to open /dev/io > > Earlier, I had asked a question on how to write a byte to the parallel > > port. And Daan Vre

Re: Sharing among jails

2003-07-26 Thread Lewis Thompson
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 11:29:06AM -0700, User KATRINA wrote: > I was wondering if there's a way I can share my main /usr/ports directory > with the jails I'm running. I thought this would save me a LOT of space. I just NFS export /usr/ports and then mount it either inside the jail, or on the ho

Re: Mozilla Thunderbird under Linux compatibility?

2003-07-26 Thread Joe Marcus Clarke
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 13:44, David Gerard wrote: > David Gerard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030724 06:05]: > > > I'm trying to run a current Thunderbird build for Linux under compatibility. > > It's quitting with: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ ./thunderbird/thunderbird > > ./thunderbird/thunderbird-bin: err

Re: imapd for squirrelmail is not found

2003-07-26 Thread Joe Marcus Clarke
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 16:43, David Banning wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 12:55:18PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2003-07-26T17:46:44Z, David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I am attempting to run squirrelmail and during login it is > > > attempting to run; > > > > > > inetd

Re: imapd for squirrelmail is not found

2003-07-26 Thread Tim Kellers
On Saturday 26 July 2003 07:58 pm, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 16:43, David Banning wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 12:55:18PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > > At 2003-07-26T17:46:44Z, David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I am attempting to run squirrelmail and

Re: imapd for squirrelmail is not found

2003-07-26 Thread David Banning
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 03:53:28PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-07-26T20:43:55Z, David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there anyway around this long and complicated syrus imap install? > > Maybe a smaller simpler one? > > As it just so happens, I wrote a HOWTO on installing

Cannot change password?

2003-07-26 Thread Nils Vogels
Hi list! After upgrading a test-box I have from a fine working 4.8-REL to a 5.1-REL, I seem to be unable to change passwords from the commandline: severe# passwd nivo Changing local password for nivo severe# no password prompt, no nothing. When a user tries to change his own password, the same t

Re: New Laptop

2003-07-26 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Long/short syndrome. On Saturday, 26 July 2003 at 15:13:41 -0800, Thanjee Neefam wrote: > > I am considering buying a new laptop (my current one is a Dell Inspiron > PII-233 without a CD Drive (it broke :( )) > > I just simply w

Re: laptop question for this or the mobile group?

2003-07-26 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Thursday, 24 July 2003 at 21:47:23 -0700, Karl Agee wrote: > I am having problems getting X set up properly on a laptop. Should > I post the question here or on the mobile list? Start here, but give some details. If this is a Dell Inspiron 5100, I'm working on it. Greg -- See complete header

linux-sun-JDK13 stopped working with netscape 7.1

2003-07-26 Thread E. J. Cerejo
Hello I had linux-sun-JDK13 working perfectly with netscape 7.02 and now I installed netscape 7.1 using the port and the java plugin doesn't work any more, it gives me this error: LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /usr/local/linux-sun-jdk1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_o

Re: Cannot change password?

2003-07-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 03:13:24AM +0200, Nils Vogels wrote: > Hi list! > > After upgrading a test-box I have from a fine working 4.8-REL to a 5.1-REL, I > seem to be unable to change passwords from the commandline: > > severe# passwd nivo > Changing local password for nivo > severe# > > no pass

ipfw intricacies?

2003-07-26 Thread Charlie Schluting
Hi, I have a fbsd box that runs its own firewall.. and tonight I learned my lesson about trying to configure it remotely :) Anyways, I'm trying to find some better documentation. The manpage says nothing about what options it can take in this example: 00903 allow igmp from any to any 00904 allow

Re: Sharing among jails

2003-07-26 Thread The Hermit Hacker
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, BSD wrote: > IMHO, the best way would be to use mount_union or mount_null (I still > can't figure out what's the difference between them...) of the ports > directory. However, that said, I tried that myself about a year back, > and accesses in the jail caused my FreeBSD machin

Re: Unable to open /dev/io

2003-07-26 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 07:19, Mark wrote: > Earlier, I had asked a question on how to write a byte to the parallel > port. And Daan Vreeken was kind enough to point me to a litle c-source that > uses /dev/io. > > Unfortunately, as I just found out, when I raise kern.securelevel to 2 > (FreeBSD 4.7R),

/dev/psm0

2003-07-26 Thread DJ Landreneau
I recently installed fbsd on my Sony Vaio. I am unable to get my trackpad mouse to work under X. I noticed that the device psm0 is not on the system under /dev. How do I get a trackpad mouse to work? DJ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.fr

Re: ipfw intricacies?

2003-07-26 Thread Jez Hancock
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 10:02:08PM -0700, Charlie Schluting wrote: > Hi, > > I have a fbsd box that runs its own firewall.. and tonight I learned my > lesson about trying to configure it remotely :) This script might be of use to you: /usr/share/examples/ipfw/change_rules.sh -- Jez http://www.m

Re: Sharing among jails

2003-07-26 Thread User KATRINA
Do you have any URL's with info on UNIONfs (setting up, etc.) - I'll look into this and NFS - Thank you! On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, BSD wrote: > > > IMHO, the best way would be to use mount_union or mount_null (I still > > can't figure out what's the dif